2014-06-15

You have an intuition on
this, even if you cannot articulate it probably. Every major vector of our existence
is derived somehow from this intuition: why we make children, why we try to
preserve our existence, why we help others, why we don't kill each other.

I would postulate that
our everyday moral code can be derived from this intuition on "the meaning
of life". The major religions captured it in slightly different ways;
however there seems to be something more unifying behind various religious
dogmas. I believe there is something very convergent in the intuition that we
each have about the meaning of life.

But wait; is there
really a meaning of life?

I would answer this by
paraphrasing the Descartes's quote "I think, therefore I am".
If there would not be any meaning of life, then there would be no
meaning in everything we could do. The answer to this question would be
meaningless too. If there is no meaning, it does not matter if we answer this
question right. It does not matter if our life is happy or we live the worst
sufferings we could imagine. Actually, the life would not exist at all; it would be
only a strange atom vibration and no one to notice it.